New traffic arrangements will apply from 8th September to 15th December at the development site of the road linking the Mournies junction of the VOAK with the city of Chania. According to an announcement by the Crete Development Organisation and the city’s Directorate of Transport Works, the western lane of the new Mournies Road, which has hitherto been taking traffic into Chania, is changing direction and will be one-way from north to south, serving as an exit from the city.

Access to the Mournies Road from the city will be solely via Zymvrakakidon Street, which runs south from 1866 Square and is also one-way from north to south. (The southern extension of Zymvrakakidon Street to the Mournies Road had long since been completed but not hitherto connected to the latter).

The one-way section of the Mournies Road will extend north from the junction with Agia Marina Street (Maria’s Café), while the final section between Zymvrakakidon and Agnostou Gogoni will be closed off while it is rebuilt.

The Mournies Road will remain two-way from the VOAK interchange up to the junction with Agia Marina Street, at which point traffic going north will have to turn either right or left to make entry into the city. The alternative routes will be via Sofokli Venizelou Street to the east and Nikolaou Plastira Street to the west, both of which go north as far as Anagnostou Gogoni.

Once this second phase of the work has been completed, there will be a further announcement about the traffic arrangements to be put into place for the third phase of the project. The announcement concludes by asking citizens “to follow the above measures, so as to ensure the free movement of vehicles as well as access for pedestrians, so that the contractor can complete the work unhindered on the site.”

Update 11/09/23
Drivers going into Chania from the Mournies interchange should note that the north-bound carriageway up to the Agia Marina junction is subject to severe congestion at peak times because of the traffic lights. This can be avoided by taking the slip road to the right which starts in front of the Shell petrol station, and which is identified by a small blue sign which says simply “Chania”. This road runs up to the junction and filters into the east-bound lane of Agia Marina Street, from which drivers can take the Sofokli Venizelou route into the city centre.